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LEPTOPHIS 



Leptoph i s ahaetulla marq i na tus (Cope) 



1862 Thrasops marq inatus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1862: 3^9' Type-locality: 

 Paraguay. 



ISyO Herpetodryas aff i n is Ste i ndachner, Sitz. Math. -Na turw i ss. CI. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 62: 348, 

 pi. 7> "figs. 4-5» Type-locality: Brazil. 



1502 Leptoph i s rostral is Lonnberg, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) 10: 458. Type-locality: San 

 Miguel, Chaco, Argentina. 



1903 Leptophis arqentinus Werner. Abh. K. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Munchen, 22 (2): 384. Type- 

 locality: Rosario, Argentina. 



1^48 Thalerophis richardi marqinatus — Oliver, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 52: 235, fig. 4 

 and pi. IB, fig. 3. 



1958 Leptoph i s ahaetulla [ marq i natus j — Int. Comm. Zool. Nomen., Op. 524: 27O. 



Distribution: Southeastern Bolivia to western Estado de Sao Paulo, Brazil south to 

 Paraguay and northern Argentina. 



Leptoph i s ahaetulla n i qromarq i natus (Cunther) 



1866 Ahaetulla n i qromarq 1 nata Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (3) 18: 28. Type-locality: 



"Upper Amazons". 

 1915 Leptoph i 5 n i qromarq i natus — Griffin, Mem. Carnegie Mus., 7 (3)= I85. 



19*2 Leptoph i s ahaetul la n i qromarq inatus — Oliver, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 462: 4. 

 1948 Thalerophis richardi n i qromarq inatus — Oliver, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 92: 238, figs. 



4 and 6; pi. 18, f i g. 1. 



Distribution: Western Brazil; Amazonian lowlands of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



Leptoph i s ahaetulla occ idental i s (Gijnther) 



18S9 Ahaetulla occidental is Gunther. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1859: 412. Type-locality: 



Guayaquil and western Ecuador. 

 I873 Ahaetulla urosticta Peters. Monats. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, I873: 606. Type-locality: 



Bogota, Colombia. 

 1894 Leptophis ultramarinus Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc i . Phila., 1894: 2O3. Type-locality; 



Pazo Azul, Costa Rica. 

 1918 Thaleroph is r ichard i occ idental i s — Oliver, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 92: 241. 

 1958 Leptoph i s ahaetulla [ occ i dental i s j — Int. Comm. Zool. Nomen., Op. 524: 27O. 



Distribution: Central America from Nicaragua on Caribbean coast and Costa Rica on Pacific 

 coast to coast of western Venezuela and to Pacific Colombia and Ecuador. Not known from 

 Choco of Colombia. 



Leptoph i s ahaetulla ort on i i Cope 



I876 Leptophis ortonii Cope. Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., (2) 8 (I875): I77. Type-locality: 



Solimoes or middle Amazon, Brazil. 

 1942 Leptoph i s a haetulla orton i — Oliver, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 462: 4. 

 19^8 Thaleroph 1 5 r ichardi orton 1 — Oliver, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 92: 245. 



Distribution: Amazon Valley of sou t heas tern Colomb i a , m i ddle Amazon region of Brazil, and 

 extreme northern Bolivia. 



Leptoph i s ahaetul la praestans (Cope) 



IB69 Thrasops praestans Cope. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1868: 3O9. Type-locality: Near 



El Peten, Guatemala. 

 1881 Thrasops ( Ahaetulla ) sargi i Fischer, Arch, fur Naturg., 47 (l): 229, pi. 11, figs. 7-9. 



Type-locality: Coban, Guatemala. 

 193'' Leptoph i s max imus Weller, Proc. Jr. Soc. Nat. Hist. Cincinnati, 1: ] . Type-locality: 



Unknown, 

 19^8 Thalerophis r i chard i praestans — 01 i ver, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 92: 248, fig. 5. 

 1958 Leptoph i s ahaetulla [ praestans I — Int. Comm. Zool. Nomen., Op. 524: 27O. 



Distribution: Low and moderate elevations from central Veracruz, Mexico, south on Caribbean 

 slope into northern Honduras. 



